Lagunas
| Lagunas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 164 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| height | 4154 m | ||
| Post Code | 04-0401-0401-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 13 ′ S , 68 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Oruro | ||
| province | Sajama Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Tambo Quemado |
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Lagunas is a town in the Oruro department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Lagunas is a central place in the canton of Lagunas , one of three cantons in the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Curahuara de Carangas in the province of Sajama . Lagunas is located on the western edge of the Oruro department at an altitude of 4152 m eighteen kilometers from the Chilean border, on the right bank of the Río Sajama at the mouth of the Río Suruna . Fifteen kilometers northeast of Lagunas is the Sajama , at 6,542 m the highest mountain in Bolivia.
geography
Lagunas is located on the Bolivian Altiplano on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Occidental .
The mean average temperature of the region is around 5 ° C, the annual precipitation is only around 200 mm (see climate diagram Tambo Quemado). The region has a distinct daytime climate, the monthly average temperatures fluctuate only slightly between 1 ° C in June / July and a good 6 ° C from November to March. The monthly precipitation is below 10 mm from April to October and reaches its maximum in the months of December to March.
Transport network
Lagunas is 224 kilometers west of Oruro , the capital of the department of the same name, by road.
Ten kilometers west of Lagunas is the border town of Tambo Quemado , and from there - past Lagunas - the 1,657-kilometer Ruta 4 highway leads east. The first section of Ruta 4 runs 376 kilometers via Curahuara de Carangas to Cochabamba , from there another 473 kilometers further west to the metropolis of Santa Cruz , and the last section over about 800 kilometers leads from there in a south-easterly direction to Puerto Busch im The border triangle of Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay .
In Curahuara de Carangas the trunk road Ruta 31 branches off in a westerly direction from Ruta 4 and leads over Totora and Huayllamarca for 141 kilometers to Oruro.
population
The population of the village has increased by around a quarter in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 130 | census |
| 2001 | 187 | census |
| 2012 | 164 | census |
Due to the historical population development, the region has a high proportion of Aymara population, in the municipality of Curahuara 83.7 percent of the population speak the Aymara language .
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data (PDF; 12.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Nevado Sajama region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 11.0 MB)
- Municipio Curahuara de Carangas - General Maps No. 40401 ( Spanish )
- Municipio Curahuara de Carangas - detailed map and population data (PDF; 679 kB) ( Spanish )
- Departamento Oruro - Social data (PDF; 5.86 MB) ( Spanish )